Ozalp Gulen

Ozalp Gulen (1759-1851) was the Ottoman Empire ambassador to Great Britain from 1798 to 1815.

Biography
Gulen was born in Kose Dag, Turkey, in 1759. Gulen became involved in politics in the Ottoman Empire and in 1798 became the Ottoman Empire's envoy to Great Britain, as he was fluent in Turkish, English, French, and Persian. Gulen was successful in forming an Anglo-Turkish alliance against France during the Egypt Campaign, and secured a trade agreement in 1805. However, he refused to accept any British offers after the Austrian Empire persuaded Britain to join their war on the Turks. By 1815, however, Turkey and the United Kingdom had restored diplomatic relations, and Gulen retired. He died in 1851 at the age of 92.